Our Mission
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During the COVID-19 public health emergency, New Hampshire Legal Assistance is OPEN. We have made some changes to protect the health of our staff and our clients. Staff are generally working from home. We are not answering telephone calls live. Instead, leave a message and we will call you back. We are also not taking walk-in clients at our offices. Instead, please call us or apply for help online at www.nhlegalaid.org
NHLA's mission is to fulfill America’s promise of equal justice by providing civil legal services to New Hampshire’s poor, including education and empowerment, advice, representation, and advocacy for systemic change.
We offer our clients high-quality civil legal aid to address the legal problems that affect their daily survival and most basic needs. These services range from simple legal information and advice to vigorous and thorough representation in all of New Hampshire's courts and before many of the local, state and federal agencies which play large roles in their lives. In providing legal services to the poor, NHLA helps ensure the legal system provides the fairness and justice that all New Hampshire residents deserve.
NHLA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity, in the delivery of services.
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NHLA priority issues
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NHLA protects low-income tenants from the dangers of lead paint
NHLA, Pro Bono expand program to help low-income debtors
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[The advocate] was more than helpful – she explained and re-explained issues to me. She is very efficient, knowledgeable and courteous. She always returns my calls in a timely manner. She made a hard time in my life more bearable.
NHLA Needs Your Support
NHLA relies on the goodwill and support of the entire community to reach our mission of equal access to justice for all people in New Hampshire. Your financial support strengthens NHLA's ability to serve people facing a civil legal crisis. Use the link above to make a safe and secure donation or if you prefer, you can send your donations, payable to NH Campaign for Legal Services to:
New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Attn: NH Campaign for Legal Services
117 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301
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Latest News
Evictions continue, could worsen
Posted Nov 24, 2020By Daniela Allee, NH Public Radio Evictions in New Hampshire have been steady and relatively low since the state and federal moratorium on evictions ended this summer. In the past month, there’s been a weekly average of about 50 evictions. That’s about a third lower than the weekly number of ...read more
In a Covid-19 crisis? Civil legal aid can help.
Posted Nov 20, 2020
Civil legal aid: free legal help when you're in crisis
The state’s civil legal aid network has provided free emergency legal assistance to hundreds of low-income and older Granite Staters pushed into crisis by the pandemic. Advocates have helped clients fight illegal evictions, obtain ...read more
There's help if you can't pay your utility bill
Posted Nov 17, 2020
Are you struggling to keep up with your electric, gas, and fuel bills? There is help available.
Learn what assistance is available and how to get it in this webinar by NH Legal Assistance attorney Ray Burke, several of the state's utility companies and representatives of the Community Ac ...read more
Scam Alert: We do not ask clients to pay legal costs
Posted Nov 05, 2020NH Legal Assistance is warning residents about a phone scam by individuals claiming to be NH Legal Assistance attorneys. In the call, the scammer tells the target a relative has been arrested and needs bail money immediately. In one case, a scammer posing as “a public defender from NH Legal Assi ...read more
State's error leads to $12,000 bill
Posted Nov 04, 2020
By Todd Bookman, NH Public Radio
For months, Stephen Ordway had March 13 circled on his calendar.
That was opening day for Dos Mexican Eats, his new restaurant in Dover, N.H.
Then eight short days after selling his first burrito, the pandemic forced Ordway to close down.
"It was terrible," O ...read more